In addition to sharing our innovative and integrative Problem Based Learning curriculum with our BSc Speech and Language Therapy programme in years one to three, the fourth year of our MSci in Speech and Language Therapy will give you the opportunity to develop higher level knowledge and skills on a pathway of your choice (leadership, research, education or clinical). Problem based learning (PBL) will enable you to not only develop team work, negotiation and leadership skills, but also contextualize academic theory and clinical reasoning within a wide range of client groups as a reflection of real life working practices. From the beginning of this programme you will discover how the core academic areas of human biology, linguistics, phonetics and psychology relate to a wide range of client groups, including children with developmental speech and language disorders, individuals with learning disabilities, and adults with acquired communication and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. You will gain practical experience throughout the course. Year one will enhance your interpersonal and communication skills through our conversation partner (adult and child) placements. Over years two and three you develop your clinical skills through intensive two eight week block placements under the supervision of qualified clinicians in practice. In the fourth year you will have advanced practical hands-on experience through placement or internships in your elective module to complement postgraduate-level theory in your chosen pathway. Eligibility to register with the HCPC is subsequent to graduation, although all clinical competencies, core skills and behaviors will have been acquired by the end of the third year.